North Kolkata Calling !!

It was during the 90s when l was busy finding new ways to expand my business.Somehow l was more interested in creativity than running a stereotype business like others.The mystic world surrounding music & poetry were nearer to my heart than anything else. Atanu was a friend of mine and he was well aware of my weakness.A poetry written by me was bothering me since I was not finding any publishers.At last I hit upon an idea which would most certainly bring me the desired result.Though there were no Facebook or Instagram during those days yet I was pretty sure that my article would go through. With such thought I visited a renowned publisher and entered their Advertisement department .I went straight to the head and explained my Idea in detail. The man looked at me thoghtfully for a while.I was pretty aware that he was thinking of the big return the publishing company would get .Return from Advertisement and Publicity was probably the main bread owner of Newspapers.Though convinced

I am usually a late riser.It is often said those who sleep their luck too sleep along with them.I however don't consider myself unlucky since I have the most precious wife along with nice children and grandchildren.Though I am not a moneyed man yet things seem to roll along comfortably. Beeing a creative person I always preferred to keep myself busy with new jobs and ideas.While in business I showed the same inclination by becoming(as far as I know) a pioneer in Noodle/Chowmein Machineries in India.Apart from this my passion for music helped me to compose pioneering music on Kapil Dev(World Cup winner captain), Satyendra Nath Bose (Indian scientist famous for Bose Einstein Theory), Satyajit Ray(Oscar winning Film Director), Indira Ghandi(Prime Minister), Hemanta Mukherjee (Singer) etc. (To be continued)

I usually believe in positivity.In hope and in every sphere of life's activities I prefer to see the goods and always try to switch off my mind from the reverse. Unfortunately I fail to remain so while reading the Newspaper every morning.From our very childhood days we have been taught to go through the Newspaper regularly. Sorry to say that reading the Newspaper nowadays has become a tiring and frustrating job.Ugh so much negativity!

This Shivalay at Maansarovar was established by Ashutosh & Promotho Ded better known as Chhatu Babu & Latu Babu. Ramdulal was their father who is known as The Pioneer in Indo-American Trade Relation. (2023 Shivratri photo)

It is a past era about which very few are aware or interested.Yet the walks organised by various organizatiozs shows that history conscious men & women are not only interested but are quite passionate to know in details about the goneby era.Those who worked for the zamindars too were men of steal and seldom betrayed their masters. The old photo of a bawarchi named Dhanmanya was a very favorite cook of a zamindar in Beadon Street.Ojha, Kalpana, Ambika,Jagadish were the caretakers of the Thakurbari while Sanaatan was the head priest whose son Shyamsundar too sometime looked after Pujas. There were others like Satyanarayan,Ramji etc who used to collect rent from the prajas.There were the zamindar's wrestlers too .Shukla was the head Pahalwaan under whome were others. Tewari too a pahalwaan took care of the zamindar's garden.One thing was common among these men-they were all more than 6 feet in height.They had a Villa in Belgatchia where the Hathisala was.These elephants came

These programs were organised by           Saibal/Mausam Deb.